Web of Science Help Guide
Information about how to search Web of Science (WoS).
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Viewing Results
- Click on the article title to view more information about that item.
- Click on a Full Text option to read the full article.
Print, Email, Save, Export Results
Exporting Results
- Groups of articles: On the search results page, select the record(s) you would like to export by clicking the checkbox next to the article title. Continue to step 3.
- Single article: While on a single article's webpage, click Export in the menu bar at the top of the page. Continue to step 3.
- Then click Export in the menu bar above the first result on that page.
- Select the export format that works for you:
- Citation managers: You may need to refer to your citation manager guide or Google the citation manager name and file format to determine which format is best for your citation manager.
- Export file type options also include Excel, Plain text file, Tab delimited file, etc., which can be attached to an email.
Saving Results
Saving results beyond an individual session requires creating an account. Please keep in mind that when you create an account, you are agreeing to individual Terms and Conditions with Clarivate that may include permission to collect and sell your data. Learn more about big data and privacy.
- Click the checkbox next to the article(s) you would like to save to a list on Web of Science.
- Click Add to Marked List.
- To organize your list(s), go to the folder icon for Marked List in the left-side toolbar (this toolbar is collapsed by default, click the Menu option to view more information about the icons).
Search Alerts
Learn how to set up a search alert to receive email notifications of new articles returned by your search as they enter the database.
Citations
- Citation Management ToolsAutomate much of the citation process by using a free citation manager like Zotero, Mendeley, or Endnote Basic. Watch a video demonstration of Zotero to understand the benefits of citation managers.
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Most Popular from Web of Science
- Web of Science Core CollectionSearch scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities and navigate the full citation network. Defaults to searching all four Editions; change this selection by clicking on the Editions dropdown menu above the search box:
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED): 1900-present
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI): 1975-present
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI): 1975-present
- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI): 2018-present
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED): 1900-present
More Web of Science Indices
- Preprints on Web of ScienceDiscover preprints for key research articles ahead of the formal publication in a journal from a range of international selected and evaluated preprint repositories in the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities.
- Grants IndexSearch for your topic to view which grants funded research on similar topics.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global on Web of Science"Enables researchers to seamlessly uncover early career, post-graduate research in the form of more than 5.5 million dissertations and theses from over 4,100 institutions from more than 60 countries, alongside journal articles, conference proceedings, research data, books, preprints and patents." (Source)
- Korean Journal Databases on Web of ScienceProvides access to articles from multidisciplinary journals covered in KCI. KCI is managed by the National Research Foundation of Korea and contains bibliographic information for scholarly literature published in Korea. Search in Korean or English.
- SciELO Citation Index on Web of ScienceProvides scholarly literature in sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities published in leading open access journals from Latin America, Portugal, Spain, and South Africa. Search in Spanish, Portuguese, or English.
- MEDLINE on Web of ScienceThe U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) premier life sciences database. Due to the functionality of automatic term mapping, including MeSH terms, most librarians recommend searching MEDLINE via PubMed.